thanks for the replies!
so the consensus sound like i can't hook different panel wattage panels in series to mppt, unless i want the lowest panel to drag down the highest panel. can multiple modules of various size/volts be paralleled to a single mppt controller without some dragging the others down?
IE: 390w @ 36Vmp on one set of wires to controller
490w @ 30.7Vmp on another set of wires to controller and
180w @ 36Vmp on the last set of wires to the controller
would this equate to approx 1060w @ 32/33v as far as what the controller thinks it is seeing??
right now, all i've got hooked to my controller is my wind turbine and 390w worth of evergreens. the controller is a ts-60 (non-mppt) running in dump mode with a custom made 50 amp (@29v) dump load. i've seen my wind turbine put out over 600 watts, so that controller is about maxed out with what i've got hooked to it.
so i need another controller to bring the other 670w worth of solar panels into my system. that's why i was looking into mppt. problem is, one new controller doesn't sound like it will do my mismatch of panels in mppt form.
so i was thinking about using a new sunsaver 15 mppt from morningstar to run the 390w 36Vmp worth of evergreens. then maybe put the turbine on a new ts-45 non-mppt and have it be the only dumping controller. then put the 490w 30.7Vmp panels and the two broken glass evergreens on my original ts-60 non-mppt.
this way i'd have some mppt, my turbine on it's own dump controller, and the other 670w worth of panels on a pwm ts-60. this involves buying two new controller, and including the display ect. would probably run me 600 bucks or so.
sorry for the long winded response, but you see the dilemma i'm in!
is there a simplier way that still involves some mppt???
thanks!
adam